Francis emerson



(No Model.) l F. EMERSON. J. J. 8u J. L. PAIRES 8v J. R. GUMMINS.

PLOW. No.r318,096. Patented May`19, 1885;.

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@0M/5 I Attorneys,

I Y V Y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS EMERSON, JOSEPH J. FAIRES, JONATHAN LEE FAIRES, AND JOHN R. OUMM'INS, OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS.

SIDECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 318,096, dated May 19, 1885.

Application filed December 17, 1884. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern: but the mold-board extension() continues back i5 Be it known that we, FRANCIS EMERSON, to the rear edge of the mold-board. JOSEPH J. FAIRES, JONATHAN LEE FAIRES, The mold-board and the share-point may be and JOHN R. GUMMINs, all citizens of thel cast in one piece, or the share may be made 5 United States, residing at McKinney, in the separate, as is customary; and it can be atcounty of Collin and State of Texas, have intachcd to any of thc common turning-plows 5c vented certa-in new and useful Improvements by removing their share and landsipe and atin Flows; and we do hereby declare the followtaohing our share by the same attachments. ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of It will be observed that there is no landside Io the invention, such as will enable others to the plow, the plowshare with the double skilled in the art to which it appertains to cutting-edge producinga center draft without 55 make and use the saine, reference being had to requiring a landside, which reduces the draft the accompanying drawings,fand to letters or very materially. figures of reference marked thereon, which I-Iaving thus described ourinvention, what 15 forni a part of this specification. we claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- The object of our invention is to provide ters Patent, is- 6 a plow specially adapted for use in rich, 1. A share for mold-board plows, having a heavy soils; and our invention consists of the a curved face on the mold-board side and a improved plow hereinafter described and iiat horizontalextension on the other side, pre- 20 claimed. senting practically a second 1nold-board, sub- In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a stantially as and for the purpose set forth. 65 perspective view of aplow constructed accord- 2. A share for mold-board plows, having ing to our invention, and Fig. 2 is a detached a curved face on the mold-board side, a flat view of the double-share point. horizontal Vextension on the land side, and a 2 5 The plow beam, handles, and standard may vertical central face along the central line of be of any approved form. In the present ease the same, substantially as and for the purpose 7c l an iron plow-stock, A, is shown, the rear of set forth.

which curves down and forms the plow-stand- 3. The combination, with the mold-board ard. The share B is a double share, made with of a plow made without a landside, of a 3o the curved face I) on the mold-board side, comdouble share having the curved face on the meneing at'the point and curving upward mold-board side, aflat horizontal extension on 75 slightly until it meets the edge of the moldthe land side, and avertieal central face alongboard C, and on the land side it is made with the central line of the same, substantially as a straight, flat extension, l). and for the purpose set forth. 35 Between the two sides ot' the share there is In testimony whereof we aflix our siguaa vertical face, E, which connects the horizontures in presence of two witnesses.

tal fiat land side face D with the curved moldy T board face b. This vertical face comes in line with the land side edge of the mold-board C, 'TONATHN LEE FTRES 4o and divides the share through the center. The T y T extensions of the share on both sides of this JOHB R' CUMMIBS' center line are in their lateral extensions the Vitnesses:

same back to the rear end of the vertical face T. H. EMERsoN, E, where the land-side extension terminates, H. E. SMITH. 

